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Zeolite Catalysts Pave the Road to Decentralize Chemical Production Processes

Is it possible to generate fuel from waste? Converting organic waste to fuel has failed to be economically viable to date. Increasing amounts of energy and very high temperatures are needed.

29 Jun 2017

Research Team Creates New Biodiesel

Researchers from the Universities of Kaiserslautern, Bochum and Rostock have developed a new method for creating biodiesel. Up until now, in the EU, automotive diesel contains just 7% biodiesel as conventional diesel engines cannot withstand more than that.

20 Jun 2017

Innovative Technique for Transformation of Food Waste into Green Energy

Innovative research carried out at Cornell University reveals that in the future, two disparate processes could be the desired dynamic duo to transform food waste into green energy. The outcomes of the research have been reported in the Bioresource Technology journal.

14 Jun 2017

Gold Nanoparticles can be Used for Recycling Biofuel Waste into Useful Additive

Gold nanoparticles act as catalysts for obtaining glycerol-based valuable chemical products. A team of researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University and their international colleagues are creating golden catalysts to recycle one of the key byproducts of biofuel manufacture.

24 May 2017

Potential Environmental Sustainability Benefits Revealed in Full Life Cycle Assessment of Second-Generation Biofuels

Critical concerns have been raised by a number of studies regarding the promise of corn ethanol’s ability to alleviate climate change and minimize dependence on fossil fuels.

22 May 2017

New Finding Could Help Bring Down Cost of Creating Biofuels

A Los Alamos research team have used the neutron crystallography technique to map the three-dimensional structure of a protein that breaks down polysaccharides, such as the fibrous cellulose of woody plants and grasses.

19 May 2017

New Technique to Convert Used Coffee Grounds into Cleaner Biofuels

Future cappuccino, Americano, and latte consumers could help produce the raw material needed for a greener biofuel that would in turn decrease man’s dependence on diesel from fossil fuels.

11 May 2017

Sandia Researchers Have Unlocked Potential of Biofuel Waste to Be Made into Biofuels

Sandia National Laboratories researchers may have unlocked the potential of biofuel waste, which would eventually make biofuels competitive with petroleum, with their recent discovery.

5 May 2017

New System to Convert Methane into Deep Green, Energy-Rich, Gelatin-Like Substance

Oil and gas wells and even cattle release methane gas into the atmosphere, and researchers are working on ways to not only capture this gas but also convert it into something useful and less-polluting.

12 Apr 2017

Researchers Engineer Sugarcane to Create Biodiesel, Anchor and More Sugar to Create Ethanol

A new study by a multi-institutional team led by the University of Illinois claims that sugarcane can be genetically engineered to create oil in its stems and leaves for biodiesel production. Also, the modified sugarcane plants produced more sugar, which then could be used for ethanol production.

5 Apr 2017